You might want to call me a rookie rocketeer. I got my first ride/stick time/acro in a rocket yesterday. I helped the owner rotate the tires/wheel maintenance ...... so when we were done what ya going to do....go flying.
What a blast.............
This is a picture of my good friend and rocket owner Wayne........
Yes, Wayne is a great guy! But he needs a new "in flight" pic with his new tapered wings!
I have a friend with a Rocket that used to fly a MU2 (noticeably faster than a King Air) and he flight plans the same speed that he did with the MU. Fast is good.
Daryl
Passing King Air's down low, been there done that. What brought a big smile to me was having a Baron, Cirrus and C-210P driver going the same direction ask JAX Center what just overtook and passed them...An RV4! Since there was no FAA designator for the Rocket (until recently HROC) and my Data plate says RV4, I'm an RV4! I also did several aileron rolls as I passed... Even more amazing is that I operate out of an 1800' grass strip...Very cool airplane!
Hehe - I once caught a King Air at 32,000'. It was 2am; March; he was lost; the Northern Lights were absolutely insane; and we were within a few hundred nautical miles of the magnetic north pole.
Our biggest problem was SLOWING DOWN enough to fly formation with him.
Well, I haven't had that problem in my homebuilt...
Passing King Airs in your homebuilt is one thing...However, just when you think you're flying the fastest, baddest jet in bad guy land, somebody shoots a missile at you that's faster...
speedy rockets
Even more amazing is that I operate out of an 1800' grass strip...Very cool airplane!
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